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  * Contributors:
  * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
  *******************************************************************************/
 package org.eclipse.update.configurator;

 import java.io.IOException ;
 import java.net.URL ;

 /**
  * Factory for creating platform configurations.
  * <p>
  * <b>Note:</b> This class/interface is part of an interim API that is still under development and expected to
  * change significantly before reaching stability. It is being made available at this early stage to solicit feedback
  * from pioneering adopters on the understanding that any code that uses this API will almost certainly be broken
  * (repeatedly) as the API evolves.
  * </p>
  */
 public interface IPlatformConfigurationFactory {
     /**
      * Returns the current platform configuration.
      *
      * @return platform configuration used in current instance of platform
      */
     public IPlatformConfiguration getCurrentPlatformConfiguration();
     /**
      * Returns a platform configuration object, optionally initialized with previously saved
      * configuration information.
      *
      * @param url location of previously save configuration information. If <code>null</code>
      * is specified, an empty configuration object is returned
      * @return platform configuration used in current instance of platform
      */
     public IPlatformConfiguration getPlatformConfiguration(URL url) throws IOException ;
 }

